The Alliance Scientists
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. To do so, the Alliance and its scientist community works with local, national and multinational partners across Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and with the public and private sectors.
We encourage you to engage with our community of scientists and researchers here and on other professional platforms, and also know more about our scientist emeriti, who contributed to our history.
Meet Our Directors
Marcela Quintero
Associate Director General, Research Strategy, and Innovation
Mark Lundy
Director, Food Environment and Consumer Behavior
Mayesse da Silva
Director (a.i), Multifunctional Landscapes
Henri Rueff
Director, Climate Action and Principal Scientist
Carlo Fadda
Director, Agrobiodiversity
Jacob van Etten
Director, Digital Inclusion
María Fernanda Álvarez
Director, Crops for Nutrition and Health, and Program Leader, Rice Breeding and Genetics
Marlène Elias
Director, Gender and Inclusion
Elisabetta Gotor
Director, Land Resource Economics Unit, and Program Leader, Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact
Sok Sophearith
Senior Research Associate
Solomon Waweru Mwendia
Scientist- Forage Agronomy
Sonia Gallego Castillo
Senior Research Associate, Agrobiodiversity
Stanley Karanja Ng'ang'a
Scientist II
Stefan Burkart
Senior Scientist
Stephanie Jaquet
Project leader
Stephen Angudubo
On-Farm Trial Network Coordinator
Stephen Beebe
Former Bean Program Lead, Emeritus Scientist
Stephen Mutuvi
Scientist & PI (NDIZI)
Steven Sotelo
Research Team Leader
Sylvia Monica Kalemera
Bean Program & PABRA Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator, Country Representative for Tanzania